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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Import Image Library</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Using the Image Library enables you to create attractive diagrams with custom images. A bundled clip art collection of UML-based images is available as an Imported Image Library, from </span><span class="f_BodyText"><a href="http://www.sparxsystems.com/resources/image_library.html" target="_blank" class="weblink">www.sparxsystems.com/resources/image_library.html</a></span><span class="f_BodyText">. Image libraries enable you to import a collection of images into the Image Manager in one process.</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">Images contained within the Image Library are copyright of Sparx Systems, are only available for use in conjunction with Enterprise Architect, and are supplied on the understanding that they are not used under any other circumstance.</span></p>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Import an Image Library</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To import an Image Library you must have a suitable Image Library file. To import the Image Library, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Download the Image Library from </span><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="http://www.sparxsystems.com/resources/image_library.html" target="_blank" class="weblink">www.sparxsystems.com/resources/image_library.html</a></span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Tools | Import reference data</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Import Reference Data</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Locate the XML Image Library file to import using the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Select File</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The file name is</span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;"> ImageLibary.xml</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> in the directory in which you saved the file.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the data set containing the Image Library. Then click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Import</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button.</span></li>
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<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="importimagelib.png" width="287" height="308" border="0" alt="ImportImageLib"></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Use the Image Library</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To use the images contained within the Image Library, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Create a diagram to associate with the images contained in the Image Library.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the element to change from the default appearance to one of the images contained within the library.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Press </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[W]</span><span class="f_NumberedList">,</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> </span><span class="f_NumberedList">or right-click on the selected element to display its context menu and then select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Appearance | Select Alternate Image</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> option.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">On the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Image Manager</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog, in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Name</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field highlight the appropriate image name and then click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button.</span><br>
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<img src="imagemanlibrary.png" width="543" height="319" border="0" alt="ImageManLibrary"></li>
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